YORK “York County fanners
will have the opportunity to visit
several no-till demonstration plots
this summer,” according to Linda
Houseal of the York County
Conservation District. “Three
plots were recently planted on
local farms and included three no
till switchgrass seedings into
existing pasture and one no-till
rape seeding into a lightly disced
pasture.”
The demonstration plots are
being cosponsored by the Penn
State Cooperative Extension
Service, the York County Con
servation District and the Soil
Conservation Service.
“The project is a joint effort
between York County’s
agricultural agencies to illustrate
to farmers that the no-till method
is successful right here in York
County,” said Conservation
District Chairman, Keith
Eisenhart. “The demonstration
plots are also located in the
District’s special conservation
project area, which encompasses
the South and East Branches of the
Codorus Creek Watershed.”
The projects include a two-acre
switchgrass plot and one-acre rape
plot on the Donald Flinchbaugh
farm, R 25, York; a five-acre
switchgrass plot on the Richard
Reveley farm, Rl, Glen Rock, and;
and five-acre switchgrass plot on
the Richard Townsend farm, Rl,
Brodbecks.
Extension Agronomist Bill
Steenwyk emphasized, “Although
there are quite a few farmers in
York County who are using no-till
for corn and soybeans, there is
much to be done with no-till
drilling of small grains, alfalfa,
and grasses.
“Our demonstration is unique in
that we are no-tilling two relatively
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Rape. Switchgrass is a warm
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annual forage that can be utilized
for pasture 75-90 days from
seeding. Rape is high in dry matter
digestibility, its leaves contain 18-
25% crude protein, and it can be
used for late summer or fall
grazing. Research shows that rape
can be utilized on dairy operations
very well.”
“No-till has many advantages,”
said Lee Bentz, Soil Con
servationist for the Soil Con
servation Service.
“We want to demonstrate to
farmers that pastureland can be
successfully reseeded without
disturbing the soil, through the use
of no-till. Soil loss can be greatly
reduced with no-till, especially on
the steep hillsides which are
typical in York County.”
Bentz was quick to add that,
“No-till is not a miracle cure for
soil erosion. Some fields will need
additional conservation measures
to adequately protect the soil
resources of the farm, but no-till
helps a lot. Especially this spring
when the farmer doesn’t have
cooperative weather... the farmer
can get planting done in half the
time it would take to plow, disc,
and plant. No-till lets you get on the
field a little earlier and get the
crop planted in one step.”
The agricultural agencies plan to
hold several twilight meetings
later in the summer to display the
results of the demonstration plots
to county farmers. Farmers' in
terested in more informa tin on no
till or soil conservation planning
can contact the' York County
Copservation District at 755-0406.
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Penn State tillage specialist, Lynn Hoffman, left, discusses no-till method of seeding
warm season grasses with Bill Steenwyk, York County Extension agronomist; Lee Buntz,
soil conservationist; and farm foreman T. Herbst at the Richard Reveley farm near Glen
Rock.
HARRISBURG - Total stocks of
potatoes stored in Pennsylvania on
May 1 were 515,000 hundredweight
(cwt.), 26 percent less than a year
ago, according to the Pennsylvania
Crop Reporting Service. Of this
amount, 140,000 cwt. was stored in
processors’ facilities, representing
27 percent of the total stocks.
Stocks are defined as the
quantity remaining in storage for
all positions and uses, including
seed, shrinkage and waste and
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other states. Sales of fall potatoes
for all purposes generally account
for about 90 percent of the total fall
production. Shrinkage and loss and
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percent or more of the previous
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now reported by growers are seed
potatoes for the 1984 crop.
May 1 potato stocks totaled an
estimated 46.2 million cwt. for the
15 states in the stocks program.
This is down 19 percent from a
year ago and nine percent below
the May 1982 stocks. The storage
total accounted for 17 percent of
fall potato production compared
with 19 percent a year ago.
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